Okay some have asked for the things that were shared Saturday to be posted so they too can reap in the benefits. So here I go...
Grams shared with us the following... 1) To help keep avocados from going brown keep the seed (or pit) with it. I guess Gramps always leaves a seed or two in when he make his guacamole to help with browning. 2) If something burns onto the bottom of a pan DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT throw away the pan. Simply put a little baking soda, and a little water (at least enough to cover the bottom) and put the pan back on the stove and bring the water to a boil. Let it boil for a minute of so and the burnt on food will come off. 3) To help her stay on top of cleaning she simply cleans as she goes. When making a meal when she gets an ingredient out and is done using it she puts it away immediately. This saves on clean up time after you have eaten.
Becky shared with us her wonderful way of making milk go the extra mile in her house. This is what she does. She buys one gallon of whole milk and will mix up one gallon of powdered milk (she uses the morning moo brand). She then pours half a gallon of the whole milk and half a gallon of the powered milk (already mixed mind you) into a washed out milk container. She then adds the remaining half gallon of powered milk into the whole milk container. Shake both containers and low and behold you have two gallons of 1% milk. *okay here is the nutritional facts that I found doing a little research on this...IF you use NONFAT powdered milk (and morning moo has the NONFAT) the nutritional values are the same as 1 % milk. if you use their LOW FAT milk...it is a little more like a 2 % nutritional value* .
Becky also shared with us the fact that there is a Sara Lee's outlet store. It is located on Washington between 40th and Ogden Regional. Jeremy was able to buy the Grandma Sycamore brand for around $1. WHAT A STEAL!
She also shared with us that if you would rather make your own bread you can add oatmeal to it, 1/3 of a cup of oatmeal for every 8 oz. of water. But wait...you can't just simply add oatmeal. You have to add the oatmeal to the water and really let the water soak in. You then add this to the rest of our recipe. By adding oatmeal to your bread you increase the moisture. (I am not sure if I explained this very well so if you have any questions I am sure you could ask Becky and she could clarify).
And lastly she shared with us a scam that happened to her (but luckily she had help so she did not fall for it). If you have something posted on a website for sale (whether it be KSL, Craig's list, or anything like that) be aware that there are people out there who will call you up saying they would like to buy it but cannot pick it up and therefore will send someone to pick it up. They then send you a travelers check (I think that is the kind they send you), enough to pay yourself and the "moving company". THE CHECK IS BAD and there is no way to trace the check back to the original person and therefore you are responsible for the ENTIRE amount of the check and you had your property stolen from you. The way to remedy this is to deal face to face only and cash only! Please girls protect yourselves!
Liz shared with us some family home evening/ primary lessons she had collected over the years. She had a game, song, lesson, picture to color, etc...for every topic. What a wonderful idea to gather things like that so that you are prepared! We then discussed that you can find things like that (all be it that you still have to put your packets together) Desseret book, they have books called Sunday Savers, or Home-spun Fun family home evenings and the church distributed Family home evening manuals, a website called www.sugardoodle.net. that has a lot of ideas, and even the church's website.
Heather shared with us some amazing recipes. I will put those up under a different post so that this one doesn't get to be too long. Thank-you Heather for some AMAZING recipes!
Holly shared with us that she does a majority of her shopping at Walmart because they price match. Many of us knew this but here is something I didn't know. If it is a associated food item, walmart will still match it, just using their off brand (great value I believe is what it is). She also mentioned that for Family home evenings for a few months they chose to focus on learning the prophets. Her children all now know the prophets from Joseph Smith through Thomas S. Monson. Awesome job Holly!
I lastly I shared some websites that I found and they teach you how to make the cute hair bows for girls (including the corker bows). Another one showed how to make the tutus and even a fairy wand! I will list the sites, but just so you know, please do not turn around and try to sale any because the information came to me for free. They aren't making any money from it and they ask that we don't either. I think that is only fair. Okay the websites are...
www.girlythingsbows.com
www.theribbonretreat.com
www.momdot.com (this is the one for tutus and wands and other really great things)
Another one that I just learned about on Sunday that has ADORABLE "quiet books" all ready so that all you have to do is print them off and put the pages in a 4X6 phot album (just a cheap one found at the dollar store will do). They have 4 different books available. 1 New Testament stories (actually you could break this one up into 2 different books) 1 We believe , 1 Prophets and apostles, and 1 Book of Momon Stories. If you look around on the website under LDS prints you can also find that she has all 13 articles of Faith that you can print off for the older children to memorize. Anyways the website is...
http://www.simplyfreshdesigns.com/category/quiet-books/
Inspired by Holly teaching all of her kids the prophets I am currently working on a "quiet book" that will be in the same format as the one found on that website, but will have all the latter day prophets and one the deals specifically with the Sacrament. I will let you all know when I finish them and maybe we can add two more quiet books to the stack. I also know that this lady who runs that website intends to do an Old Testament Stories...so I will let you know if and when she does.
I also shared my homemade laundry soap. It costs around $30 to make. It lasts me 6 months (Tyrel and I figured it out the other night we have been making our own laundry soap now for about 1 1/2 - 2 years and we have only had to make the stuff 3-4 times. With that the total cost is $90-$120 FOR TWO YEARS worth of laundry soap). I only have to use AT MOST 1/4 cup of the soap. Again I will list the recipe on a later post. It is so easy to make, and I LOVE IT. I also shared a homemade fabric Softener but I later learned that I made it wrong so what the girls saw Saturday is NOT what is was suppose to look like. I have learned my lesson and will be trying it again here shortly. I will keep you updated on it.
I think that is about all...or at least that is about all I can remember. Plus I just realized how long this post really is. Again recipes to come a little later...probably tonight!
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